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What Do Itchy Rashes On The Body Indicate?
My mother in law 93 has various appears to be bites all over her body approximately twenty or so a lot of itching! No new meds, foods or anything different. Indoors mostly, no pets, today experiencing a sore throat. Trying to get her to use cortisone lotion and Benadryl. Is there anything going around that would cause these symptoms. She lives in Southern California
Tue, 30 Jan 2018
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you shpuld know that rashes have some causes of it ..most commonly viral infection and bacterial infection....also allergy to certain food or drink can cause these rashes and it appear when the patient eat that food ....mostly your mother symptoms refer to having viral or bacterial infection ..you should refer her to see doctor to clinically examin her as there is measles or german measles and scarlet fever and other viral diseases can cause that,,she needs to do some investigations like measles antibodies and bllod culture and may need other investigations to detect cause
hope that helps
you shpuld know that rashes have some causes of it ..most commonly viral infection and bacterial infection....also allergy to certain food or drink can cause these rashes and it appear when the patient eat that food ....mostly your mother symptoms refer to having viral or bacterial infection ..you should refer her to see doctor to clinically examin her as there is measles or german measles and scarlet fever and other viral diseases can cause that,,she needs to do some investigations like measles antibodies and bllod culture and may need other investigations to detect cause
hope that helps
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